The LG Cookie Fresh GS290 has been confirmed for UK launch. We’ve already done all the ‘fresh from the oven‘ puns, so we’ll skip straight to the details. The GS290 packs a 2-megapixel camera, FM tuner/recorder and 3.5mm earphone jack. It boasts a touchscreen with an updated speed-dialing home screen and 18 themes. Features include …
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Desperate to trouser an iPhone 4 but a little light in the wallet department? If you can’t face the £500 or £600 price tag Apple has slapped on SIM-free handsets, Groupola wants to help, offering the phone for a mere £99. Groupola arranges discount deals for its subscribers, which it says only come into effect if enough people sign up …
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The Advertising Standards Agency is set to man up and review ‘unlimited’ ads — just as the networks are dropping the term. Mobile phone networks and Internet service providers have been abusing the word ‘unlimited’ for years, but, as the iPhone 4 arrives and data-hungry services like BBC iPlayer become more popular, companies are realising that lying to customers has become …
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O2 has revealed its prices for the iPhone 4, a day after Orange went public. O2’s up-front cost of the phone is the same as its bright-futured rival for the 16GB model, but a tenner cheaper for the 32GB model. Although that’s not counting the number of minutes, texts and data you’ll get — uh-oh, our head is hurting already. …
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It’s all go in the mobile phone section of Crave today, innit? Nokia is piling in with the X5 and X6 8GB, a teen-aimed 3G social networking handset and a memory-boosted version of the Nokia X6. The X5 is a square phone with a slide-out qwerty keyboard and dedicated music key. Well, square-ish, measuring 74mm x 66mm and 17mm deep …
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The Apple iPhone 4 has popped up for pre-order on the Apple Store Web site. The 16GB model will cost £500, and the 32GB version £600 for an unlocked, SIM-free handset. That’s for the black version — the white handset may cost more. The new, ‘bargain’ 8GB iPhone 3GS will cost £419. The link doesn’t work yet, so you can’t …
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Samsung is set to make the an entry to the increasingly-crowded tablet computer market. The Samsung Galaxy Tape shares its name and Android operating system with its smartphone stablemates, and even makes phone calls. The Tape sports a 7-inch Super AMOLED screen, and will pack the tasty treat Android 2.2 Froyo with Samsung’s TouchWiz front end. Critics were being facetious …
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The new iPhone is here, and it’s called — dun dun dunnn — iPhone 4. Apple grand muckamuck Steve Jobs announced the much-anticipated new phone at app developer shindig WWDC 2010 in San Francisco just moments ago. iPhone 4 The phone sports a glass front and back, and a stainless steel frame, with the two-piece metal trim acting as antennas …
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A new operating system for a new iPhone. iOS 4 will bring a host of new software features to iPhone 4. The operating system is now named iOS rather than iPhone OS, as it powers the iPad and iPod touch, as well as the iPhone. As the grand finale of his WWDC keynote, Steve Jobs placed a video …
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Apps! Getcher apps! Microsoft has unveiled guidelines for applications submitted to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace — and they’re very similar to Apple’s dictums. Microsoft teased details to developers earlier this year, and this week has fleshed out some of the details of how apps will work. The guidelines for app makers prohibit sexually suggestive content, so no porn on …
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